User talk:24.85.131.247

At least some of the comments you left have been worthwhile and warrant being addressed. I highly recommend you create an account and sign your posts with --~~~~. --Michael Mol 17:38, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Please sign your posts to talk pages! --Paddy3118 18:01, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

What for. If the comments are worthwhile, they speak for themselves. If they are not, a signature won't rescue them.

Tired of every website wanting to create an account. The "Information Super-Highway" is littered with too many passwords.

What for? It allows others to see what part of the text was written by whom, and to address their comments more accurately if they wish. You should also strive to sensibly indent your replies as that too aids clarity.

You can add your signature without creating an account.

There is very little that you are asked to do to join in on RC - most of it, such as signing your talk page entries, boils down to just being polite, and the result of everyone adding signatures and inteligently indenting their talk page entries, is a talk page that can grow and remain legible. --Paddy3118 19:24, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Because, unless you're on a static IP, it's hard to carry a straightforward conversation with another identity. If you'd be more willing to use something like OpenID or some other single-sign-on service, I'd be happy to look into installing the needed code. --Michael Mol 19:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

As for signing the comments, again, it's so that we can have some concept of identity. Even in a dark room, where nobody knows each others name, nor can they see each other, you can still have an understandable conversation by associating ideas, perspectives and positions to individual voices. It helps for conversation clarity. --Michael Mol 19:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Beyond those, it's simple wiki netiquette. (Along with including edit summaries) --Michael Mol 19:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Clearly, the least irksome thing is not to participate in this identity-obsessed commenting system. Done! --Yours Truly

Signing in also offers the ability to tag edits as minor edits so that users who watch the recent changes feed (like me) don't accidentally check up on edits like this one. Basically it's a nice thing to do that helps the community interact with you. --Mwn3d 19:07, 21 September 2011 (UTC)